Being Israeli After Gaza: D’var Torah and Lunch & Learn Talk with Ariel Beery

Ariel Beery will give the d’var Torah during the service. The conversation will continue during kiddush after the service, in a conversation between Beery and Har Zion member Michael Zmora.

As Israelis and Jews around the world continue to wrestle with the aftermath of October 7 and the devastating war in Gaza, many have struggled to find language for holding grief, responsibility, criticism, connection, and hope all at once. In his new book, Being Israeli After the Destruction of Gaza, American-born Israeli Ariel Beery explores these tensions through a series of conversations with liberal Israeli thinkers, activists, journalists, and civil society leaders who remain deeply committed both to Israel and to the work of building a more just and democratic future. This book is a response to Peter Beinart’s Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza. (A conversation between Beery and Beinart on the subject of Beery’s book is here.)